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REGOIL GUEHION FOR FIRE ARMS. No. 281,725. Patented July 24, 1883.

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UNITED STATES [IFXRY (l. PIFFAHI), OF XE'W YORK, X.

PATENT QFFICE.

RECOiL-CUSHION FOR Fl RE-ARMS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 281,725, dated July 24, 1883,

Application filed April 2'3, 1893. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, I'IEXRY G. Pu l-Ann, a citizen of the l'nited States. and a resident of Xcw York, in the county of New York and State of Xew York, have invented certain new and useful Recoil-Cushions for Fire-Anus, of which the lbllowin; is a specification.

The object of m \'in\'ention is to produce an improved form of cushion possessing greater durability, solidity, and compactness than those now in use, and one that is less liable to sway to one side at the moment of recoil, and that can be be produced at such slight cost that it can be brought into common use for military and sporting purposes.

My inv'ention consists of a cushion or pad, of soft rubber or other suitable material or materials, which is applied to the butt of the gun, rifle, or musket, and retained in place by a skeleton butt-plate of any suitable form or ma terial.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is side view of the butt of a gun, showing my improved ieeoil-eushion applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same. Fig. 3. is a longit-udinal section of a the line .1; x of Fig. 2.

A. indicates the butt of the gun, and B a butt-plate. of iron, brass, horn, hard rubber, or other suitable material. The center of said buttplate is cut away, as indicated, so as to leave an opening for the face a. of a cushion or pad, (3, which is made of soft rubber 'or other suitable material designed to take up or case the recoil of the gun when discharged. Said pad or cushion is applied to the butt of portion of the butt on.

the gun and is retained in place by the skele ton-plate 1 whose edges grasp the edges of the cushion or pad. The plate 13 is secured to the butt by means of screws, as usual, or in any other suitable manner. The wearing-thee la of the cushion or pad is flush with the outer surface of the skeletolrplate, or preferably projects slightly beyond such surface, as indicated.

I do not limit myselfto the form of the skeleton butt-plate. nor to the shape or number of the openings made thereon. The cushion or pad might be made of other materials or in other ways.

I am aware that rubber cushions or pads intended to diminish the force of the recoil are not new.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A recoil cushion or pad for fire-arms constructed of soft rubber or other suitable material applied to the butt of the weapon, and projecting through and retained in position by a skeleton buttplate, of metal. horn, hard rubber, or other suitable material.

2. The combination, with the butt- A, of the skeleton butt-plate B, cut away atits' centralportion, so as to leave a narrow margin, and a cushion the edges of which are clamped by the butt-plate.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and'State of New York, this 16th day of April, A. D. 1883.

HENRY G. PIPE-Um. Witnesse Tnos. TooMnY, ERXnsr A'BSHA cm. 

